She’s not the only one. Scott Rieckens visited FinCon to film scenes and interviews for a documentary he’s filming about this movement. One of those interviewees at the round table was Grant Sabatier of Millennial Money who wrote a piece on thePlaying With FIRE Documentary.

Master Minds

A term that I started seeing tossed around among the bloggers and podcasters I run with online is “mastermind.”

Coming from a non-business background, I had never heard the term, although I have been mentored by some I would consider masters in their fields with very sharp minds. But that’s not what they’re talking about.

They’re not referring to the 2016 Masterminds movie that had a few laughs but was largely forgettable. There’s a different movie, available here on Youtube, that got me on the right track. It’s a clip of Napoleon Hillm reciting from Think and Grow Rich, describing the mastermind principle.

The Success Alliance defines a mastermind group as offering “a combination of brainstorming, education, peer accountability and support in a group setting to sharpen your business and personal skills.”

Why am I suddenly interested in the concept of a mastermind group? I’ve been invited to be a part of a couple of them. A year ago, I would have shied away. I was fiercely anonymous, turning down podcast opportunities for fear my voice would be recognized.

Now, I’ve met hundreds of bloggers and readers in real life, lent my voice to numerous podcasts, and may have appeared in a picture or two that made the rounds on Twitter. My work colleagues know of my plans to move on eventually, and I’ll be appearing at The White Coat Investor’s Financial Literacy conference, giving a talk to some 300 attendees. Anonymity is fading fast.

So, of course, I said Yes to a mastermind group or two. Blogging is all about community, and from what I gather, a mastermind group is a small, synergistic community of people interesting in helping each other be more successful in reaching their goals, whatever those goals may be.

Now, I’m just hoping the first rule of mastermind club is that you do not talk about mastermind club. If so, my apologies.

Thanks for the honorable mention, PoF. I will let my Mom know there is another reader now.

I hope your readers enjoy the post. I bet some will. I tried to include a few practical How To Save Money Today type tips in that post.

Many of us are on the frugal (not cheap!) side.

I still chuckle about this scene at FinCon: a handful of us physician bloggers looking around for the “free” (included) lunch. WCI said, “Hey, I thought they were going to feed us?!” We eventually found it but it struck me funny that our combined net worth was likely in excess of $15M and none of us wanted to pay for a lunch!

You’re too modest, wealthy doc, but not too frugal. How do you think we got to have that collective net worth? I loved your tips and have the same feelings about paying retail. Always trying to optimize.